Help:Notebook

Lab Notebook Tutorial

By the end of this tutorial, you should have an online lab notebook up and running. If you have feedback regarding any step in this tutorial or any of the lab notebook features, feel free to contact us.

Setting up your Lab Notebook

To set up your lab notebook you'll first need to create a few pages and put them in the right places. As soon as they are set up, you'll be a click away from creating new lab notebook entries.

By putting these pages in their proper places you will not only keep OWW tidy, but you'll also be able to take full advantage of the features we've built into the lab notebook.

By simply copying and pasting the wikitext that you'll find in our templates, you will have your lab notebook working in no time. It's as simple as 1, 2, 3!

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Copy template wikitext

Create page

Paste wikitext & Save

Naming recommendations

If you plan to work on more than one project, we recommend that you set up a separate project page for each project and compile them in your notebook page. You can do this quite easily by keeping your online lab notebook organized as shown below:

Notebook page

This page is where you should list all your projects. Even if you have only one!

Create the Notebook page in the proper hierarchy as displayed in the naming recommendation section above.

NOTE: This page may not seem to have much of a purpose at the moment but we are actively working on new features for the lab notebooks that will take advantage of a central notebook page for your project(s). Stay tuned! :)

Project page

The notebook page is where you will find some of the tools/features that allow you to maneuver around your lab notebook. The two most important tools at the moment are:

Entry Base template page

The Entry Base template page is what your entry pages will look like when they are created. By making changes to the Entry Base template page, all subsequent entry pages you create will reflect these changes.